The Ghost Garden (Paperback)
Emma Carroll (author), Kaja Kajfez (illustrator)Published: 07/01/2021
Summer 1914
In the first of a series of unsettling coincidences, Fran uncovers a bone in the garden of Long Barrow House on the same afternoon that Leo breaks his leg. Leo is left wheelchair bound for the rest of the summer and Fran is roped in to keep him company, forced to listen to his foolish theories about the looming threat of war in Europe.
Suddenly the garden she has loved all her life seems to hold threatening shadows of the future, and Fran starts to fear what she and Leo might find next...
Queen of Historical Fiction, Emma Carroll, makes her Barrington Stoke debut with a powerful, evocative, and spine-tingling story of childhood on the brink of war.
Publisher: Barrington Stoke Ltd
ISBN: 9781781129005
Number of pages: 96
Dimensions: 198 x 130 mm
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"Creepy and compelling mystery with ghosts, premonitions and history - great stuff" -- Peter Bunzl
"Deliciously spooky" -- LoveReading4Kids
"Another corker from Emma Carroll ... A gorgeously spooky tale threaded with superstition" -- Michelle Harrison
"An atmosphere of mystery and magic reminiscent of The Secret Garden" -- Read for Good
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